Plumber&#39;s tag or clamp-stay.



Patented Dec. 4, I900.

H. H. &. G. V. HIBBERD.

PLUMBERS TAG 0R CLAMP STAY.

(Application filed Max-.80, 1899.

(No Model.)

WITNESSES A ORNEKS'.

TERS cu. Puo ournq, WASNINGTON n c NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY I-I. HIBBERD AND GEORGE V. HIBBERD, OF VVHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA.

PLUMBERS TAG OR CLAMP-STAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 662,93 5, datedDecember 4:, 1900.

Application filed March 30, 1899 Serial No. 711,107. \No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY H. HIBBERD and GEORGE V. HIBBERD, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Wheeling, in the county of Ohio and Stateof West Virginia, have invented certain new, and useful Improvements inPlumbers Tags or Clamp- Stays, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention consists ofaclamp-staymade of any suitable materialstamped or pressed into a circular formspring-clamp having a front,side, and back grip for the purpose of holding lead, brass, or otherpipe from sagging or falling out of position.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of the plate from whichthis tag or clamp is formed, the heavy lines within the outlineindicating the cuts made in the blank, while the dotted lines indicatethe point of bending the blank. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of theclamp or tag pressed or stamped into shape. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section through the clamp or tag near one end. Fig. 4 is a view similarto Fig. 3, the clamp being tightly pressed around the pipe; and Fig. 5is a vertical cross-section through a double clamp or tag near one end.

1 represents the blank from which the clamp is made.

2 is a central shear-cut extending parallel with the sides of the blank,but not the entire length of said blank.

3 represents shear cuts parallel with the ends of the blank of lesslength than the shear cut 2.

The dotted line 4 indicates one point of bend to be made in the blankthe en tire length of said blank, while the dotted lines 5 indicateanother bend to be made in the blank at the respective ends of the shearcuts 3.

The tag or clamp when pressed or stamped into shape consists of thebase-flanges 6, having suitable openings 7, by means of which it may besecured to a wall or support by means of screws or nails.

8 represents inverted-U-shaped straps extending upwardly at the ends ofthe tag from the base-flanges 6.

9 represents the side walls of the clamp connecting the two end straps 8together above the base-flange 6.

10 represents spring-clamps bent inwardly from the walls and pressed orbent into a circular shape, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Thespring-clamps 10 and the clamps or straps 8 form substantially acircular springclamp.

The edges of the base flanges may be crimped or flat, as shown in thedrawings, and may be suitably ornamented by embossing, therebystiffening the material.

In use the tag or clamp is slid over the end of the pipe and along tothe desired position, or it may be pressed open or sprung over the pipe,and when in the desired position one of the base-flanges is firmlysecured to the wall or other support. In this position the clamp is onlyloosely secured around the pipe, and the edges of the spring-clamps 10are, comparatively speaking, some distance apart, as best seen in Fig.3. Now in orderto firmly secure the pipe within the tag or clamp thefree base-flange is pressed tightly against the side of the clamp untilthe clamp-straps S and the spring-clamps l0 fit snugly around the pipe,thereby bringing the lower edges of the spring-clamps l0 closelytogether, as clearly shown in Fig. 4:, and in this position the freebase-flange is secured by means of suitable nails or screws, therebyfirmly holding the clamp or tag around thepipe and preventing the pipefrom sagging or falling out of position.

In Fig. 5 we have shown a double hanger in section constructed after themanner of the hanger shown in the other figures. It is of course obviousthat the double hanger has all of the advantages and the utility of thesingle hanger. It is also obvious that we may, if found desirable ornecessary, form a hanger in accordance with our invention having morethan two clamps.

While we have shown our tag ornamented with a crescent, it is of courseobvious that we may use any other style of ornamentation.

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A plumbers tag comprising separated base portions that do not meet,side walls extending upwardly therefrom, end and intermediate curvedcircular straps integral with said base portions and side wallsrespectively,

atintermediate points in theircircumt'erence, and deflected respectivelyupward and downward from said intermediate points of connection with thebase portions and walls, the downwardly -detlected strap being severedand its ends spaced apart to permit flexure of the other straps uponrelative movement of the base portions.

2. A plumbers tag or pipe-clamp struck up from a single piece of metal,comprising base portions spaced apart, side walls, straps extending inopposite directions from the base portions and walls respectively, thedownwardly-extending strap being severed and having its ends spacedapart to render the structure transversely elastic.

3. A'plumbers tag or pipesupport comprising separate base portionsspaced apart, and curved clamping-straps extending upwardly, a curvedclamping-strap extending downwardly bet-ween the base portions, andconforming to the periphery of the pipe to be clamped,thedownwardly-extendin g strap being divided longitudinally of the tag orclamp, and its approaching ends being spaced apart to render thestructure transversely elastic.

4. In a plumbers tag or clamp, the combination with the base-flanges andinverted- U- shaped clamping-straps integral with and extending upwardlyfrom the ends of said basefianges, of side walls extending upwardly fromthe base-flanges and connecting said end straps, and a curvedclamping-strip extending downwardly and inwardly from each of said sidewalls.

HARRY H. HIBBERD. GEORGE V. HIBBERD.

Witnesses:

W. H. SHAFER,- RoB'r. SIMs.

